How to link Aadhaar with PAN

If you are a taxpayer in India, this is important to know that the deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN is August 31, Thursday.

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the Supreme Court verdict on privacy has no bearing on such requirement and so there is no objection on linking Aadhaar with PAN.

He added, “Linking of PAN to Aadhaar is mandated by an amendment in income tax act.. the linking will continue under that act and law. There is no change.”

Aadhaar is currently needed for several important services like opening bank account, getting subsidized cooking gas and obtaining a new phone number.

The Supreme Court has not commented anything about the Aadhaar Act and so it mean the Indian Parliament has passed a valid act, which says for getting a certain benefit or subsidy the government can insist on an Aadhaar number.

How to link Aadhaar with PAN?

Register on Income tax e-filing portal first and thereafter log-in by entering ID, password and date of birth. A pop up window will appear after successful login prompting you to link PAN with Aadhaar.. If the pop up window fails to appear, head to profile settings and then to Link Aadhaar. Verify your details here like date of birth and gender. Once the details match, you need to enter your Aadhaar number. To do it click on Link Aadhaar button. You will thereafter get a pop-up message that the Aadhaar has been successfully linked.

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